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Frederick Douglass in 1881

Frederick Douglass: A Self-Made Man and Advocate for Equal Education in Washington

Frederick Douglass was a self-made man and advocate for equal education in Washington. He served on the Board of Trustees for Howard University for 25 years, giving speeches and raising money to help the students. Read about his impact and legacy.

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What Is the History of CIA's Langley Headquarters?

February 27, 1923. "Miss Alice Reighly, 1409 Harvard Street, president of Anti-Flirt Club, which has just been organized in Washington, D.C., and will launch an 'Anti-Flirt Week' beginning March 4. The club is composed of young women and girls who have been embarrassed by men in automobiles and on street corners." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)

A Look at the Amazing Anti-Flirt Club and Their "Anti-Flirt Week" from 1923

The Wok n’ Roll Restaurant now occupies the space of the Surratt House. The original first floor door has been boarded up, and there is no evidence of the second story entrance or stairs.

Mary Surratt Boarding House is Now a Chinese Restaurant

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May 29, 1959. "Prince George Plaza, Hyattsville, Maryland. Night view." An actual mall (a long, open plaza) when it opened in 1959, the shopping center was enclosed in the 1970s and renamed the Mall at Prince Georges. Large-format safety negative by Samuel H. Gottscho.

Exploring Prince George's Plaza in the "Wonder Years" Era

Washington neighborhoods in the 1800s

Exploring Washington's Lost Neighborhoods of the Late 19th Century

Traffic, 14th & Thomas Circle

A Closer Look at Thomas Circle in the 1920s

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City of Washington, statistical maps / compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, July 1st 1880 ; compiled by Lieut. F.V. Greene, U.S. Eng'rs ... to accompany the annual report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the year ending June 30th 1880 ; Wm. T.O. Bruff, del., Eng'r Dept., D.C.

Shaw, Mt. Vernon Square, and Dupont Circle: A 19th-Century Property Value Comparison

soldiers rolling through Washington on trucks

Pictures Tell a Story: Exploring a 1918 Photo of WWI Soldiers in DC

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1917 Film Footage of 180-Mile Journey Down Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

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